The Blind Boy
Textual Writings
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Activity - 8 (a)
Complete the following imaginary dialogue between
Day and Night. The beginning of the dialogue is given for you:
Day: Dear friend, I must
declare I am more important than you.
Night: I don’t know how you can
say that.
Day: The sun rises during the
day. People work and the children can play and go to school.
Night: Everyone takes rest at
night and without this rest, no one can work during the day. It is not less
important.
Day: You bring darkness, I
bring light and all look bright.
Night: I have the light of the
moon. I make the surroundings cool, you do just the opposite.
Day: Indeed, that’s true. We
can then say that both of us are important to human beings.
Night: Yes, Mankind needs day
and night both and without night the day cannot be beautiful.
Activity – 8 (c)
Develop a story within sixty words based on the
following hints. Add a suitable title to it:
An old lady
loses vision --- calls in a doctor --- agrees to pay a large fee if cured --- doctor
removes some of her furniture daily --- lady is cured --- she refuses to pay
--- says she cannot see any of her furniture.
An Old Blind Lady and a Dishonest Doctor
Once an old lady completely
lost her vision in an accident. So, she called in a doctor. The doctor examined
her and assured that she would be completely cured
but he demanded a large amount as his fees. She agreed to pay it if she was
cured. The doctor started treatment of her eyes. As the lady lived alone, the
dishonest doctor removed some of her furniture daily. After a few months she
was cured but saw no furniture in her house. She realized that the doctor
removed all her valuable furniture. Thus she refused to pay the doctor the assured
money. She said, “I cannot see any of my furniture. So you have failed to cure
my eyes.”
